the causes of watching tv

Television is one of the greatest inventions to ever be created, or is it? I cannot imagine life without a TV. Television provides information and entertainment. Nowadays almost all people have their TV at home. Ever since I read Dana Stevens article, I've learned that television does more harm than good to people's lives. TV can be comforting but it can get addicting. It teaches children to sit and watch adventure TV shows than actually doing it. Society thinks that watching TV is okay but in my opinion it’s not it can teach children bad things, it raises violence, it can be addicting, and it can harm people’s health. Television has its good side. It can be entertaining and educational, it can open up new worlds for kids, giving them a chance to travel the world, learn about different cultures, and gain ideas they may never encounter in their own society. Some TV shows can change children’s behavior for the better like Dora the explorer because she teaches you how to be adventurous and Spanish. But when watching TV as a child, it can be a bad thing to watch too much or even watching anything above PG. Many television programs for children are too explicit even the advertising you see on the TV. Television also exposes children to behaviors and attitudes that may be overwhelming and difficult to understand. Many of the advertisements and TV shows promote violence, drugs and sex. Since children’s minds are so underdeveloped they think its right to do drugs, act out in violence, and have sex at an early age. TV molds a child's personality to influence what to think, how to act, and who to be; and when it has such a large presence in a child's life. When children watch television it takes away from important activities such as reading, homework, playing, exercise, and social development. As I watch some children’s TV shows I still see commercials in which they promote women in skimpy clothing and while children are watching their TV shows, they fixate it in their...

...TV & Children:
Television, Health and Development
How does television affect the health of our children?
Children from birth to age five are actively growing, learning and developing habits that
will shape their physical and emotional health. Because this time period is so crucial to
the development of a child’s body and brain, any negative influences can have lifelong
health effects (1). Excessive television viewing among young children has been linked to
negative impacts on early brain development, and lifelong physical health (1, 2).
Television and early brain development
Repeated exposure to television or related activity can affect a child’s mental and
emotional development (1). TV often takes the place of interactive experiences
(e.g play) that promote healthy brain development (1, 2, 3, 4).
Too much TV during the early years has been linked to:
o Poor performance in school, especially in the areas of language and
reading. If TV is substituted for reading and talking with others at a
young age, children may have delayed language development (1, 2, 3, 5,
26).
o Being less able to use imagination. Too much TV can lead to an
overload on the visual part of the brain, while depriving other parts of the
brain. Areas of the brain responsible for creative thought and imagination
are under used because watching television doesn’t...

...not always have enough time to sit down and watch over what their kids are watching, and in result of that kids are watching whatever they want whenever they want. Children may be able to watch many shows that are out of their age range such as; PG-13, R-18, or even rated X shows. Watching television is bad for children because, violence in television causes aggression, may cause trauma, and children need to be more active.
Children are like mockingbirds, anything you say or do, they will do the same, not because they want to misbehave, but because they don’t know any better. Many children shows nowadays include fighting in them, which is violence. So even if it is a kid show, it may not be as good as you think it is. According to futureofchildren.org, researchers show that children will imitate violent actions shown on television. The researchers collected more data when the children were older. The study showed that violence was still persistent in their lives, such as spousal abuse, choking, and shoving others. According to The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression, “Human and primate young have an innate tendency to mimic whoever they observe. They mimic expressions in early infancy, and mimic behaviors by the time they can walk.” This is more proof that children will do violent things as shown on television.
In addition to added aggression, television may create trauma....

...with some positive sides it has its disadvantages as well like watching too much of television also affects your eye and nerves. Television creates such a spell on children and in some cases it also effects the elders that they actually lose their own opinion they feel whatever is being shown on television is correct and should be practised as such. In such situation it is the responsibility of the broad caster to show what is safe to be shown on the television. But still several irresponsible television channels show content which is not be shown for every one like contents of sex, and violence etc. when there is acalamity , television can easily announce to the people what are going to happen.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_advantage_of_television#ixzz1FFw0sJ1k
Advantages: Some programs really engage the viewer's mind, and that can make TV useful as a learning tool. I found shows like Between the Lions, Zoom, and Sesame Street both entertaining and useful. TV exposes you to things you might not see otherwise. Watching the news might be easier than to make some people read the newspaper. I've found some meaningful movies on TV as well. To be honest a lot of what I know about the world is due to watching television. However everyone is exposed to bad material at some point, so television introduces it to them earlier.
Disadvantages: There are just as much bad...

...BUDDHISM IN CAMBODIA
Brief intro
Situated in the Mekong valley between Thailand and Vietnam. Early history is poorly documented: Indian cultural and religious influences. Brahmanism and Mahayana Buddhism enjoyed favour and the Sanskrit language was used. Khmers took several hundred years to consolidate their power over the lower Mekong region and around Tonle Sap. Much archaeological remains. Some conclusions about early Khmer kingdom: culturally rich and creative; inscriptions are all connected with religious shrines; administratively well organized. Hinduism was predominant, in particular the linga cult of Siva was the essence of court religion.
Theme of conquest
Power consolidation – role of religion
Religious tolerance
Jayavarman II (8th century)
Founder of the Angkor kingdom (though not the actual city). Came to throne with a fierce desire to attain independence from Javanese overloads. Took into service a Brahman, Sivakaivalya, who became the first priest of the new cult which he established as the official religion – the Deva-raja (god-king. This is a form of Saivism which centers on the worship of a linga as the king’s sacred personality transmitted to him by Siva through the medium of his priest. Prosperity of the kingdom is considered to be bound up with the welfare of the royal linga. Its sanctuary was at the summit of a temple-mountain, natural or artificial, which was at the center of the capital and was regarded the axis of the...

...Watching television is a waste of time. Do you agree?
Nowadays, television has become a major part of our lives. Almost every home has a television. In fact, even restaurants, grocery shop, clinics and also mamak stores have televisions as a way to attract customers. We are now a television nation but this is not something that we should be proud of because television is not a vital necessity in our lives. Furthermore, too much television is eating our life away.
Watching television is a waste of time. When we watch television, we give it our visual and audio attention and there is very little we can do while watching television. We may enjoy a snack or two but that only ad up to the television does not allow us to do something else beneficial.
A television maybe a source of information but not all that it shows consists of useful information. We will find more beneficial knowledge from books and other resources compared to television, things like sobe opera, telecommersial, entertainment programs are obviously junk but many of us seem to enjoy feeding on it every day.
Besides that, people like students tend to spend too much time on television and forget that they have other responsibility. They will not be a good student when television time has occupied most of their time. Consequently, they will have home works not done, revisions forgotten, project incomplete and soon their great will decline.
As a conclusion,...

...Kang Hee Jun
Wolf Li
Eng101
March.23 2013
Stop WatchingTV!
TV has been loved by many people. They watch TV for entertainment and out of boredom. Some people watch TV to pass the time or they watch TV for cheer themselves. If they are depressed, they turn on comedy programs, so it makes them laugh. TV became part of their life regardless of age. However, TV is not good as people think. They do not realize of side effect of watchingTV because it does not show up immediately. When they find out the problem of watchingTV, it is hard to turn the clock back. On average, two third of infant or toddler spend two hours on watchingTV according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. We should prevent children on watchingTV otherwise; children will get hurt by watchingTV because TV has a lot of harmful contents than useful and helpful contents.
Often we can see that some children have more aggressiveness than other children. It may vary on different reasons, but there are a lot of possibilities that they are watching more TV than other children. It means TV contains a lot of violence. For instance, cartoon channels are one of children’s favorite channels because it is fun to...

...English 1111
Evaluation
Children Watching Television
I know majority of people realize children spending all their time watchingTV is not good for them. Some consider it a good thing so they have a “babysitter” or think it is good because of educational purposes. There are many different studies done on children and the amount of television they watch. On one website I saw that one study showed children who watched a lot of TV grew up aggressively and ended up in jail, in the next sentence it says there are new studies showing it can improve kids behavior.
Some doctor’s argue that TV can make children antisocial and aggressive. Also, they say that children will imitate what they see on TV so parents should be aware of that. The study was done on 1,000 different children and followed from birth to the age of twenty-six. Studies also say TV has no educational benefits for children under two and they need more interaction with humans. It also says it takes away time from children to develop language, motor and social skills and that these skills are critical for development in the first two years. Another study shows that children who watch TV at pre-school age show poorer reading skills at the age of 5. A doctor who did studies on families found that children whose families have television in the background have more trouble paying attention to things, it...